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Dumb legislature is not unique to the EU, blaming them specifically is misguided. Please use arguments that arent fundamentally based on biases. There is defin
by 411111111111111 5y ago
Dumb legislature is not unique to the EU, blaming them specifically is misguided.
Please use arguments that arent fundamentally based on biases. There is definitely value in a European government, even if the way it's currently setup is very questionable, as the citizens have no realistic way to influence decisions on that level.
- nickpp 5y agoThe EU is special when it comes to high-tech though. Just try to browse the web normally from inside any EU country to see how much they managed to f-up the Internet.
- Kbelicius 5y agoI browse the web all day, every day from within the EU and I don't know what you are talking about.
- nickpp 5y agoNever noticed that huge cookie popup smack in the middle of every single damn new website you visit huh?! Lucky you...
- Kbelicius 5y agoYea, I see those but only the first time I visit a website. Lucky you... thinking that a notice that a web page is storing data on your computer is fuckig up the internet.
- nickpp 5y agoOh no, the fist and most important thing I need to know when I visit a website is not whatever reason I came there for, but if that website is saving some goddamn bits of data on my machine. It’s really my first priority! Nothing else matters until I answer the existential question if I consent or not. Nothing!
- Kbelicius 5y agoOh no, a notice on web pages is fucking up the internet.... just listen to yourself. It is pathetic.
- nickpp 5y agoWell excuse me for having a preference on how to spend my time and what I want to do on the Internet. Did not realize how pathetic this pretension of mine was to the eyes of the wise bureaucrats in Brussels. I am so lucky they knew better and decided for me how to best start my online experience. Please accept my humble apologies. I am not worthy of your sublime attention. I am so lucky you exist and are leading me to new heights of progress and civilization. Thank you, sir.
- 411111111111111 5y agoThat's the thing with cookie banners, they're not necessary if you only use them for site specific reasons. They only become necessary if you're using something like Google analytics, which documents every action taken. The fact that almost all pages have to show them is another sad example how broken our current internet culture is. Btw, you can actually delete most banners with the ublock origin annoyances filters, that makes me forget that they exist sometimes
- kwhitefoot 5y agoPerhaps you could give some examples.
- zajio1am 5y agoSESTA / FOSTA laws in US?
- sc11 5y ago> as the citizens have no realistic way to influence decisions on that level. They could stop voting for parties/MEPs that have mass surveillance and weakening of civil rights as part of their election programs and core identities. Alas a majority of European citizens doesn't seem to care.
- mpfundstein 5y agomy friend. i haven't said the EU needs to go. I just stated that the whole setup is terribly wrong. anyway. it needs to go. and then its need to be re-implemented differenlty. no idea how. but not in this way.